From Facts & Arguments: People named Dennis or Denise are disproportionately likely to become dentists. People named Lawrence or Laurie are disproportionately likely to become lawyers. . . . As Brett Pelham of State University of New York at Buffalo has shown in dozens of different ways, people are drawn to professions, places and people that remind them of themselves. A thing as seemingly superficial as a name can influence, even if slightly, the course of their whole life (which is why I've named my own children President, Laureate and Hedge Fund Manager)." * A New Zealand couple are looking to call their newborn son Superman - but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry. Pat and Sheena Wheaton say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real.